The Newberry Herald and News from Newberry, South Carolina • Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1898. 'Aif'TEA; VROM Me. J.

X. CroOn. a 6Fovter of au.Intereatin Lettr About Old "Hoiv06o 9iath the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing, my three and iovofitteth year!" It seems 'yesterday that we left iwberry.t, How'time slips away I Rere sit wife and looking out of the "western" windows" of life; she, with hair- silghtly sprinkled with gray, but cheerful, lively and looking young for her age-08 years. slightly bald, with hair and beard perfectly silvered. If wo live until the 19th of April next, we will haveonrgolden I am, now informed only one, of my schoolmates-that excellent'gentleman, Silas Johnstone, lives'in Newberry, and wife says only one pf hers-4that atcomplished lady, Mr' Fannie Baxter'.

I waited with Miss Puss Wilson upon Burr J. Ramage when he was married, and I suppose I am the solo survivor of those who were present. "Along the.river of Time we glide efid'soon will be floating out on the sea rof eternity. We havo a Pilot that will land us safely in that haven'of eternal rest." Time nor distance can efface our love for Newborry. The good old place has been much in our thoughts of late.

Have seen so many from there lately and have just read the "Annals" that I feel like writing to yod" On September lst, 1857, I landed in Texas, and the first man I saw was Dr. John I. Schumpert. The nexit Newberrian 'I met was the late W. 0.

Wilson, a splendid gentleman and fine lawyer. He was the son of that humorous and good old man, Elder Jimmie Wilson. Here I may relte a he got off on a quaint pious old gentleman. He re-lated that while he was at his family -devotions, -after thanking the Lord his manifold mercies, he added: Laird, there's one thing we hae to lay to your chairge! Ye gi' a the fat lands to th6 d-d Quakera on Bush creek and left your ain people gang wantin' wi' these puir billl'. Judge W.

H. Wilson, a grandson of Eld6r Jimmie, has ma'de a fine reputation as a lawyer, and is now Judge in the city af Houston of the 55th Judicial District. He is very genial and pleasant and Lnakes an dignified judge. I met him on the bench a few days since. Wife and I attended the MidWinter Fruit and Flower Show, in Houston, where I met many N.

berriaps and their descendants. As I down a street, a man behind me patted me on the shoulder, saying: "'Hollo, Jim Crosson. Stop. I know'you by your walk." His face was'familiar to me, but I could not name him. It was Housen C.

Keniier, whom I had not seen since WVe.eifjoyed talking over old timesi jIirs th4 same genial, p)leas heents in the long ago, and lives ini a comf9prtable cottage in tt, met his wife, who.was a iss Sims, a cousin of the late John daeteb' wife, and wont to school in ig'1 2.2 Their- daughter remariiI4 fine: looking young 4 an. two sons doing I. In eo Newberrians I are ere, too, I met 'E kinsman, J. Martin, who is iciing law doing better, he sas ban at time since he has been in Qexas. has two Sons doing well; p9a oliinist the Tom, iTuetdn's store.

Tusten is fromn ibevile and I had quite an 'intoresting talk with him about my old claessmates, Rev. R. A. Fair, Harddon Lindsey, and others. I.

Welch, an acaive, business man, placed me er obligations by his personal atj, pon, pointing out to me the Newberrians in Houston. HIe is rthy descendant of that true mnan, Win, Welch, and the grand old an John S. Carwile. friend, J. Fant, of Union, rTiff of Harris Country, was quite and attentive to me.

I felt kindly to on account of rand-uncle, who had been my guardian, and was generous and kind to me. When he settled'his guardianship with me, I was indebted, to 'him and he said business required me to give'him my note; this he would never lot me pay. Rev. Hayne Leavell, D. is also in Houston, in charge of a largo Presbyterian Church, and much boloved by his congregation.

In the last five years he has had live hundred additions to his church. The building is one of the finest in the South, and erected chiefly through his exertions. If he is as good a man as his father, J. It. and his grand-father, Dr.

A. W. Chalmers, he will do. An incident connected with Dr. Chalmers I have heard, which is worth preserving.

Dr. C. was always a large corn planter, and if any one had corn, he had it. After the disastrous drought in 1845, parties wanting corn would call on the doctor for it. His first query was: "Have you the money If the reply was "Yos," the doctor said, "go elsewhere and buy.

My corn I have for my poor neighbors, that have no money." They were to repay him tho next year in corn. Rev. W. S. Red and Dr.

S. C. Rod, grandsons of Samuel Red and'grandnephews of Hugh K. Boyd, also live in Houston. Rov.

W. S. is- an able divine and exhibits many traces of his Covenanter descent. Dr. S.

C. stands high In his proIfssion. C. W. Welch, an able educator, and Goorge P.

Wright, fine busi. man, I failed to meet. Upon our arrival at this place we met four from Newberry: Our eldest daughter, Mrs. Bottie Slade, who is full of life, fun and energy. She has no children.

Archie Adams who lived near Chappoll'n Ferry, the son of Fields Adams, and grar.dson of that excellent man, Graves Spearman. He is a farmer, living near Crocket. He looks well and is prospering. J. Z.

S. Connelly, a local Methodist preacher, son of J. Z. Connelly, mentioned in the "Annals," who lived near Stony Batter, and a grandson of John Harmon. He told me an incident of old Henry Dominick: The lightning was zig zagging across a dark and angry cloud, while.

he was in the yard. His good wife said to him: "Henry, you does como in; de lightning vill strike you." He replied: "Do hell! Ain't I vatching it." Here, too, I mot that splendid. genial son of Newberry, S. B. Kennerly, son of my old friend, Dr.

T. 1. Kennorly. He is an attorney, but is now teaching school hero. He gives universal satisfaction.

He married an amiable, intelligent lady to whom I feel much attached. She is the daughter of my old army messmate, Capt. B. L. Taylor, deceased, who was one of the bravest, best men I ever knew.

Mr. McLemnoro, a lawyer, (polishid, and able, was a major, in the late war-in what command I do not know. Ho is nlow dead, but his son M. is also a floe lawyer and recorder of the city of Galveston. I caonally see Samuel age is telling on him; he is prosperReading the "Annals" has called to my mind several other incidents.

In the long ago at H-ead Spring Church, the old Seceders preached three or four hours; gave intermission of a few minutes, and then preached till sunset. One of the preachers, an old Scotchman, after met Johnny Ritchie, and Egid to him: "Uncle Johnny, I gio 'erfla guid deal o' sound, wholesonn dqdthine." Quoth Uncle Johnny: but I like to see a preacher lather away' like h-l, and be doune with it." Ag inc(ident is told of an old Gormnan lady who lived near Win. Fair's. A child was to ho named. The custom was to open the Bible and give the name first found; hence the.boy was dubbed Boelzebub, but Mrs.

Fair explained, and the boy got the next best name, Jim. lie grew to be a stout, athletic fellow, as natve 0e a a.t is nnnncaany to name him. On page 452 of "Annals" the name Ferdinand Burton appears.T It should be Bartoo. He died in Virginia, in Company 1st Texas Regiment, Hood'q Brigade. He had a brother, a Baptist preacher, last total eclipse was hunting cattle in the Big Thicket.

As the sky darkoned, he bolted for home tbroughithe brush, tearing off his clothes, saying he was going home and going tu heaven with his wife. He has not yet gone. Some anecdotes of Arthur P. a kind hearted, ambitious little Irishman, who had been a stonemason. le was admitted to tholbar and became a magistrate.

Another Irishman brought suf before him in which he was much interested. I defended. I had Billy Moore for a witness, who knocked the Irishman's. case into a cocked hat. Brolly, not liking it said to him: "Now, Misther Moore, can you prove that Billy, not noticing the innuendo, replied in his quick, nervous way, with an oath: "Yes, if I can find John Holman." Brolly brought suit for one Moore, who lived near Luke Morgan's old place, for the value of a dog.

In trying to establish the character of the dog, his questions were objected to and objections stistained. A young lawyer, in a spirit of fun, suggested to him to ask the witness the usual question: "Are you acquainted with the dog's general reputation for truth and veracity in the neighborhood in which. he li'ved?" On the spur of the moment he propounded it, a laugh was raised at his expense, and when ha looked around for the young lawyer he was "non est," and kept out of Brolly's way until his good humor was restored. He brought suit for an Irishman against Wash Floyd for cutting stone steps. He proved all around his case, except the number of steps.

The judge (I think it was Butler) suggestad to him to prove that. Brolly replied: "May it plaze your Honor, I'll prove that by argument." Mention is made in the "Annals" of Andy Wicker as a clerk forgAntonio Gilbal. Gil bad sold a barrel of liquor and caused Andy to water it. Suit was brought; Andy a witness. He was asked if ho had not watered the liqair by Gil's direction.

'o honest and pure to tell a lie and fearing to offend Gil, he was. perplexed and strove to avoid answering. Gil, excited, jumped up in the court room and exclaimed: "Tolo him yes, Andy! D-n him, tole him yes!" Old Gil was thrown from his horse, and had some of his ribs broken. The mischievous fellows recommended boneset as a sovereign remedy. Gil took it, and upon vomiting, exclaimed: "Itais not do bonesot; it is do d-d bon' b'rjkel" Who that lived in Newberry in thoso clays does not remember that kind hearted giant of whom Dr.

Ruff wrote-Big Andy? All the boys looked on him as a prodigious hero. Ho came to Newberry with a circus that exhibited on the lot in rear of whore wo lived. I yet ro member the chorus to one of their songs: "'Pretty Polly, Polly Hopkins, Hlow do yoi' do, how do you do?" "None the botter Tom. -Tommy TomNone the the better of you; none the better of you." A certain strong, angry man, unjustly offonded at that grand, noble hearted, Christian gentleman, Drayton Nance, was speaking roughly to ham, when big Andy stepped up and said that it was his affair. Where upon the offended gentleman retired in good order, and Andy had a quiet laugh.

Samuel Spence (the tailor) my grand-uncle, was impressed in the Highlands of Scotland; pnt aboard a man-of-war. At Charleston he gave them leg-bail, and bied himself to Newberry where ho died. Thero was anmother Irishman, a quaint, jolly diter, who lived near the graveyard and the Cedar Spring -Billy Cahoel (connonly called Carrol). At one time a gentleman of much intelligence and fore of character, but a devotee of John Barleycorn was in one of the "gates of hell," i.e.: a grog shop, sloshing around and insulting every one. Billy stepped up to him, tapped him on the head with his shillalah and dropped him.

Turning around in a quiet way, Billy saiA: 'By gonny, say nathing." Good-bye, dear old Newberry. J. M. Oc1OSsoN. Woodville Texas, Feb.

1898. STATE oONVENTION TO BE HELD IN MAY. The Convention Elas heon Done Away Matters Will Soon bo Active. State, 23.) All the politicians have been under the impression that there would be no State Democratic convention this year until September, it not being a presidential year, but an examination of the constitution of the Democratic party of the State shows that they have been laboring under a delusion. The truth of the matter is that there is going a May State convention this year.

No doubt this will be a surprise to many, for several who wore members of the convention that met in May, 1890, which adopted the present party constitution, say they have no recollection of the changing of the constitution adopted prior to that time so as to do away altogether with the Septenibor convention. The present constitution provides for the holding of a convention on the third Wednesday in May, and for no other. It also provides for the holding of county conventions in the several counties in the State on the fitst Monday in May for the purpose of electing delegates to that convention. Of course the reorgan ization of the precinct and ward clubs will take place prior to that time throughout the State. It is thus seen that State and county politics will be stirring much earlier than any one expoected.

When the convention meets there will doubtless be no end of political logyolling. To convention Will have to elect a new State executive committee, and attend to other matters as may come before it. Those who were talking of the outlook yesterday expressed the view that the liquor referendum plan would be laid before the convention when it meets, the legislature having declined to take action in regard to it on the ground that the proper body to consider it was the State Democratic convention. How much of an issue this will become and the' probable action of the convention in regard to it are purely matters of at this stage. Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic Cures Fever In One Day.

Buy what you do not want, and you'll sell what you cannot spar.Scotch. If your foot slip you can recover your balance, but if your mouth slip you cannot recover you: Telugu. When it rains porridge, the beggar has no You cannot rivet a nail in a He that takes a raven for a guido will light upon a Stones and sticks are thrown only at fruit-bearing A man will not stoop till he has his hit One cannot make an omelXt without breaking an egg-Scotch. Live with wolves and you will learn to howl-Spanish. With God, go even over the sea; without Him, not even over the threshold-Russian.

Beware the fury of a patient man. -English. Heaven bears the burdens of all trusting THE RESULTS OF HANNAISM. A UORRI11148 OR1311 ISY TII APPOINTMRNT OF A NICUO Pos rAlAbTEI IN A WHITE LOMMUN. IrT.

Maker Was Killetd-Ils Infant Ohild Was shot Denti lit Ito Mother's Aris and the tunet Malimed the Every biembor of the Family Wits Wounditd anti Two of Themn are Exjpect-d to 11e. The Murderers Mato Uosod Tholr Eseape, (Registor.) Kingstree, S. Fob. of the most horrible deeds that has over taken place in a CiViliZOd conununity occurred at Lake City, this county, last Tho inogro postmaster and his infant daughter wo3 killed and their bodies burned, and his wifo and three other childron, two of the latter grown, wore horribly shot. The affair is undoubtedly one or the most horriblo that over was porpotratod in South Carolina.

Frazier B. Bakor, a black nogro, was appointed postmastor at Luko City by President McKinley last August. lie was at that timo a rosident of Floronco county, but iovo(d to Lake City to take chargo of the oflico. Shortly afterwards he was shot and slightly wounded. Soni time lator his assistant was shot but.

not seriously hurt. In January the postoffico with its contents was burned. A fow wooks ago the nogro ro-established the offico in a rude hut about a nilo from town. One night last week a mob attacked the building and svoral shots were fired into it, but Bakor held on to his job and the next day spoke in a braggadocia manner about not being scared, and said that he would have to be killed to got out of the postoffie. The tragedy laut night is the sequ0l.

THE TRAOEDY. Baker lived with his family, con sisting of a wife, throo daugliters and one son, in the rear of the rudo hut used also as the postoffico. The coronor's inquest today brought out the following facts: Baker's wife was aroused about 1 o'clock this morning by some uaaccountable sounds. Upon ari4ing sho discovered that the house was on fire and immediately awakened her husband. Just as she did so, there was a volley of rifle shots fired upon the building and the bullets came clear through the wvalls and made things hot for the occupants.

By this time the entire housohiold was aroused and effor'1. wore made to check the flames. All this time the firing outside was kept up, when the man saw that there was no chance to check the fire. Ho told his family to follow him and lie rushed to the front door of the house. Just as lhe opened the (door he was shot down.

Instantly the woman, the throe girls and the boy were shot. A ball passed through the baby who was in the mother's arms and( struck the woman's arma, breaking it. The little fellow wvas dead and the mothers fractured limb could no longer support it, so it fell. The dead father fell upon the dead body of the child. Those of the household who were still able to walk ran from the burning building right into the faces of the assasuins.

The mob quickly dispersed. This morning the charred romaine of the postmlaster and the bqby were found andl examinations by physicians showed that the we. man was shot in the left arm anid in the right thigh. The oldest girl was shot through the left elbow and may lose her arm. Tihe boy was shot through the abdomen and through the right arm.

He and the olde-t daughter maiy die. None of the family recognized any one in the mob. It is said that sovoral hundred shots wore lirod into the burning builing. ne negroos are receiving the bent of trotment at tho hand of the wbite 1oplo of tho town. Food, raiment and medical attention are being given them grati.

Coroner Burrows ndjourned his jury of inu(o until next Saturday and will muak overy effort to got s0m1 cluo to the as481ss. Thero is no oxcitoment, in tho villge, Overything being unusually (1uiot---evory 0110 "Ooiling to bo mvod by the droad ful uccurenco. CHlAIRIED n1oillIs of IIAIRI AND 1is ARE 11JED--THE CONDITION OF Vi Lake City, Feb. At first. it, was that the body of t.h infanit, baby killed hero in the morning of the 22d itnt.

was completely consum11d by the flamies, but further soarch devoloped the fact that th rvnains of tho child woro diroctly undernoath the charrod roinins of its father, Frazior 11. Baker. During the timo tho coronor'm inquest was boing hold Bakor's body wils moved and thmat of tho child wan found. At 2 o'clock today a party left, here with the remains or aker and his deceased daughter, Julin, for point iuI Floreico colulity, hioh was Baker's 110111o whl li r.ceived the appointmeivint. as postmastor here.

The mirvivinr of linkir's family -ro: Luvenia, his wife, gn-lT1 shou wolli, inl loft, vll111 and le'g. 1 0osello, Oldest (1u1ghtor, glnahot woUn in il left arm mnd Cora, next edeL diughter, gunf1hot wound inl right hand. Link1um, ('ldet on, guishot woild in left arim nd tbdomen. Tihey are all doing im woll nq can bo expected. Sarah and Wilho, stil' younger, oscaped uihurt.

Tho whito is well as the colored citizens oif thI tow ar ntr0 ibulh1)1ing liberally to the ovenitivs of he surviving of the Tho citizolm of Lake City 1ro now 9011sdillg 1ilnd1, receivinlg thoir imail from Sranitoll, S. which is throo miles away. Yestorday Ath negqror.s manjd i brets of b11rninig, but up1 to this timo overything hasq romainid gniet and now thero twoms to be nu further trouble Tho par(ii wyho vomtmittf-d thin atrociouis criam, far ais your currepondeit, can leirn, are yet unanlIapv-tLed. DF.PL1) IN WAINOkoN. Washington, eb.

ontrago at I nako City yest erday (ronted a good donl of oxcitement in Congross hlere todany. Ani inlvestigat ion will ho mnado by 11h0 postotfico andi 1 anlort will bo( mIade to get. the parties into( t.hm Uni itod Sttt'Es courIt. as the Uniiited Stants ma111 was d1o. st.royed1.

I havo it, from pretty good authority that the postornce at Laka City wvill be aibolishod. The out rage wilP not help the contested casos of Congrossmoen Stokos andl Elliot.t. It is very muchl doplored( b)y the South Carolina congresslinen. In offBcial and political circles yestorday groat co(n mnt ion the act of the Williamsbhurg counTty mob was heard upon all sidee. It seem Nd hard to bel1ieve that pecoplo li ving in South Carolinar couldi be guilty of suclth an acot.

Gomo1I were hoartd andi thme opinion 1is unanimous that the d.ed will do more to injure this St ato 1than all t.ho' Iother 13lycing.s of thi. lut, donade pult togothor. GIovernior ElIIlerho, wheni -mn, Ix prossedi fVfery vigorously1 Iabout the affnir, but declined to any anything for pulicjeat ion. Ito sim.n ply miado thet anillnncement hat he had promiptly offerod a reward- of $500) for the apprehiensionl anid on.victioni of the pairtI io unknowin wvhhad1( commIitted the dlood. In aalMi.

tion to thliis 1)1 1'iI anoneent is made that hroulgh th11 at ti rni-y gein oral's oflir- Solicitor WVrl'oon has been inistruct ed to proceed to Cii and1( takioh chargo of thei caise in hehalf of t.he St ato. This enso differs from the uinal run of lvnIchings inl that the v'ictimn waIs 0( holdig a lFo loral onOico anda Uniiteid Staites muau i wa Cstroyed by thle ire. NO AVeCIW4ft.Vw As thoWMAine InvestigatIonl Pvrced fva Ita i Nitnostioli ror s- Ilincu a Ureatly Havana, Feb. the of, the Washington Star, cables his paper today as follows: "In(uiiry into tho Niaine disaster progress)s along defluito lines. The results so far may be summo 1 up in Cho stateennt that the pi -i lities that it was ain accidont seo.

-o do. vreaso with the progress of tho in. vostigation. "The most intonso anxiety is shown by the Spanis3h officials bore, who aro in constant communication with Madrid. They realixe that the relations with the United States woro never so wuch in danger of rupt ure as now.

This is the general fooling. "The cutrumorcial classos here are hopefni of American intervention on poncoful lines, but what they base thoir hopos upon is unknown. "The insnrgonts continuo to win minor military sncesses. The an. tonomisti ara retless, some of tho ladors seem to be the point of bronking away from the governmont.

Army offloors continue to show an anti-American sentiment. They are uppart-ntly the only cInas that doos not look for an early crisis. (Signod) "Poppor." The ont look in Cuba does not grow mora promising. The oxR: statoiont in that tho government Oaials wero never so much disturbod as tn day. Local developments just)'y tho serions view Gonoral Blanco and his associates nro said to tako of the prohnhility of fresh complications.

The ntat.emont that the divers have ponotrated the forward part of the Maino nnd found nothing in the mfagazine10s ihoro to indicate an ex. sootmv to ho vorilod. Attention iH nlso given to tostimony ro'ardEng ndor water boforo tho Malnino Weit to pieces. Eviflonco Its to tLis fast, is m111phat8ic. How far it justifis the the exploHiun camo from the ship, exports way be left to dotermine.

The point has not boon reanhed where a defiiti. opinion can be formed regarding submarine mines. Out. side evidenco has boon brought forward rogarding the countruetion of uch a system, but it has not been sifted. Spain's offeial were stirpri-sed at the firne with which the Washington admninistration delined to admit them to share in the invesTake JOIHNSONS ICILL FE VER From, Lands, (From the Western Record.) Hero are a few pointed proverb.

we have pieked up from various Ian'ds. No one know, where the shoe pincbos so well as he wears it.Roman. it is easy to sit at the helm in fair An ontac. of mother wit is worth a p)onndl of school I wasn common clay till roses were planted mi mo. -indoo.

Hie who pites too high will not got. throngh his tune. -German. Hang yonr naupoackc whore you can reach Fools do at last what wvise do at 'Tis the frog's tonue that betrays He who livss with cripples, learns to ILot not your tonga.eron your throat---Arabic. The tree overthrown by the wiad had more branches than ineso.

Wo wind and luck soo, hen the' talo of bricks is doubled, thenu comats H-I who scatters thorns should not go b)arofoot.